Alington, Charles Sydney, 1846-1932

Date: [ca 1858-1875]

From: Alington family :Photographs of Alington and Broadhead families

Reference: PA1-o-1746

Description: The main subject of this album is the family of Rev John Alington and his wife Charlotte Sophia, of Candlesby, Lincolnshire, England. There are six group photographs of the Alington parents and their children in the garden of Candlesby Rectory in the late 1850s. Portraits of Alington children include - Rev Alan Marmaduke Alington; Rev Henry Giles Alington; Rev John Wynford Alington; Hester Frances Alington; Charles Stanley Alington. The album contains a cabinet card portrait of Charlotte Sophia Alington taken for her son George Hildebrand Alington, on 24 May 1879. Another cabinet card is a portrait of Gervase Winford Stovin Alington, son of Gervase O'Brien Alington, aged five in 1897. There is also a portrait of Rev Frederick Temple, the future Archbishop of Canterbury, taken in 1858 when he was headmaster of Rugby School. The rest of the people in the album are probably reatives and friends. There is a photograph and a sketch of the Church of St Julian, Benniworth, Lincolnshire, showing the building before and after the restoration of 1875. One page has a compilation of photographs that include Tintern Abbey and assorted churches and rectories. Pen and ink drawings in the album are a record of an Irish holiday and depict country houses and landscapes. There is a coloured drawing of a group at the High Sherriff's ball, Lincoln, 18 January 1866, and another of the Rectory at Barford Parva. This album is associated with MS-Papers-11146-11 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1893

From: Alington family :[Assorted watercolours, lithographs, sketches and curios, either by or belonging to family members. ca 1833-1961]

By: Alington, Charlotte Mabel, 1877-1975

Reference: A-446-016

Description: Shows a view of a countryside with hills and trees, with an old stone bridge and four sheep featuring mid-scene. A man in a hat, probably a farmer, stands at the bridge looking on. This drawing is of the same scene as drawn by Charlotte Mabel Alington's brother John Sydney, three years later in 1896 (A-446-012) Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - C M A [artist's signature]; Recto - bottom right - June 10 1893 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch on paper, 213 x 150 mm Provenance: Artworks created by the family of Wellington architect William Alington, donated in 2011 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2000 Alington family papers.

Date: [ca 1870]-2002

From: Alington family :Photographs of Alington and Broadhead families

Reference: PAColl-9945-2

Description: Charles Sydney Alington (1846-1932), his wife Gertrude Emma Alington, nee Tipping (fl 1870-1920), sons Richard Geoffrey (fl 1890s), Leopold Wynford (b 1881), Sydney John (b 1879) and daughter Charlotte Mabel (b 1877). There is a cabinet card portrait of Charles Sydney Alington's brother, William Herbert Alington (1841-1938), and members of the Tipping family. There are two cabinet card portraits of Charles Sydney Alington's siblings living in England, Rev Alan Marmaduke Alington (1836-1888), and Gervase O'Brien Alington (1851-1928). A view of the site of the Alington homestead at Talbot Trees, Rakaia, taken December 1981. Portrait of Daisy Preedy. Geoffrey Charles Alington (1918-2910) and his family, British Columbia, Canada, 1996-2000. Buildings designed by William (Bill) Hildebrand Alington. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Three sons of the Rev John Alington of Candlesby, Lincolnshire, England, emigrated to New Zealand. William Herbert Alington arrived in 1860, Charles Sydney Alington in 1863, and George Hildebrand Alington in 1874. In 1876 they formed a partnership in a property called Talbot Trees on the Rakaia. The brothers did not stay together for very long, and Charles Sydney Alington who features most in this collection, when he left Talbot trees, farmed at Methven and finally at Seafield near Ashburton. Quantity: 31 b&w original photographic print(s). 53 colour original photographic print(s). Transfers: Transfers - From Manuscripts: MS-Group-2000: Alington family: Papers of Alington and Broadhead families.

Date: [?1856-2011]

From: Alington family : Papers of Alington and Broadhead families

Reference: Series-5068

Description: Three members of the Alington family arrived in Canterbury from England between 1860 and 1872: William Herbert, Charles Sydney and George Hildebrand (grandfather of the donor, W H Alington). Series comprises mainly papers relating to the three men (who farmed in the Ashburton district), and to their descendants in New Zealand and Canada. Series includes papers relating to the architectural career of W H (Bill) Alington Quantity: 24 issuable items.

Date: 1884-1999

From: Alington family :Photographs of Alington and Broadhead families

Reference: PAColl-9945-3

Description: Alington family ancestors and descendants in England and New Zealand include - group photograph of the wedding of Rev Edward Hugh Alington (b 1857) and Margaret McLaren, in England, 30 July 1885. Photograph of the family of Rev Nathaniel Royds (fl 1836-1920) and his wife Hester Frances Royds, nee Alington (1840-1915) taken in England ca 1905. Five laser copies of photographs of Charles Sydney Alington (1846-1932) and his wife Gertrude Emma Alington, nee Tipping (fl 1870-1910), their sons Leopold Wynford, Richard Geoffrey, daughter Charlotte Mabel, and Richard's daughter Catherine, New Zealand ca 1912. These images are associated with manuscript series MS-Papers-11146-10. Group photograph of the three Alington Brothers, William Herbert Alington (1841-1936), Charles Sydney Alington (1846-1932), and George Hildebrand Alington (1850-1905) who came to New Zealand in the 1860s and 1870s and farmed at Talbot trees on the Rakaia. The group includes their wives and children. These images are associated with manuscript series MS-Papers-11146-11. The executive committee, Auckland University University College Students' Association 1954. William (Bill) Hildebrand Alington is among the committee members. Peter Mackley's wedding group with William (Bill) Hildebrand Alington as best man, 1950s. Laser print of William (Bill) Hildebrand Alington and his family, 1930s, and two photogcopies of portaits of Bill Alington in 1998 and 1999. Sherwood Church being moved to Methven, Canterbury, New Zealand, in 1884. Photograph is associated with manuscript series MS-Papers-11146-13. Portraits of Edward Hugh Alington (1896-1986) as a soldier in 1917; as an accountant in the New Zealand Railways; in a group photograph with other Wellington Provincial District Masters of Masonic Lodges, 1950. These images are associated with manuscript series MS-Papers-11146-22. Laser print of a group photograph of people attending the New Zealand Library Association Conference, Whanganui, ca 1944. Photocopies of Hair family photographs 1890s to 1930s. Quantity: 18 b&w original photographic print(s). 5 photocopy/ies. 7 digital print(s).

Date: [ca 1890-1985]

From: Alington family :Photographs of Alington and Broadhead families

Reference: PA1-q-744

Description: Includes - All Saint's Church Methven, Canterbury, and views in Methven area of harvesting and a road through the snow, ca 1920. Portrait of George Hildebrand Alington. Winifred Beatrice Alington, her children and relatives. Interior of Holy Trinity Church, Avonside, Christchurch. Beatrice McCrie Hair, her family and relatives. Edward Hugh Alington and Beatrice McCrie Hair's wedding, 29 February 1928, their sons William and Robert Alington, and adopted daughter, Patricia. William (Bill) Alington and Margaret Hilda Broadhead's wedding, 19 December 1955, and their children, Elizabeth, Catherine, and Giles. Photographs of Winifred Beatrice Alington, mother of Edward Hugh Alington, as a young woman in the 1890s, and an older woman in the 1950s. Church and Tipping family graves, Woodend, Canterbury. Alington male relations and their children, 1920s. Edward Hugh Alington and groups of soldiers, World War One. This album is associated with MS-Papers-11146-22. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1872

From: Alington family :[Assorted watercolours, lithographs, sketches and curios, either by or belonging to family members. ca 1833-1961]

Reference: E-932-008

Description: Shows a view of Talbot Trees, which was bought by the Alington brothers in 1872, and which became the family home of Charles Sydney Alington in 1878. Unlike the pencil sketch of the property featured in the sketchbook, the house and adjacent cottage are relatively bare of plants growing around them, the cottage does not have a chimney, the garden is unestablished, and the pine trees behind the house are immature. The roof of a neighbouring building, which also looks like a house, can be seen behind and to the right. These would suggest that the sketch was done around the time of the purchase of the house. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Talbot Trees Rakaia NZ [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 127 x 180 mm Provenance: Artworks created by the family of Wellington architect William Alington, donated in 2011 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2000 Alington family papers.

Date: 1961

From: Alington family :[Assorted watercolours, lithographs, sketches and curios, either by or belonging to family members. ca 1833-1961]

By: Alington family

Reference: A-446-007

Description: Shows a view of 'St Leonard's' in Seafield, Canterbury, one of the Alington homes. A single-storey cottage with a front verandah stands amidst bush and trees, including pine, with a cottage-style garden at the front of the house. It is likely that the verso inscription is in the hand of Charlotte Mabel Alington, sister of J S A (John Sydney Alington) and L W (Wynford) Alington, one of whom has been cited as the artist Inscriptions: Verso - centre - 'St Leonards' Seafield A year or so after we had settled in our new home. Sketch by J S A or L W A, one of the Alington brothers for a cousin in ChCh. The verandah has been taken away. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on card, 125 x 189 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2000 Alington family papers.

Date: 1961

From: Alington family :[Assorted watercolours, lithographs, sketches and curios, either by or belonging to family members. ca 1833-1961]

By: Alington, Charlotte Mabel, 1877-1975

Reference: A-446-006

Description: Shows a view of 'Talbot Trees', in Rakaia, the home of C S [Charles Sydney?] Alington and family from ca 1875-1895. The cottage appears to be in two separate parts, or as two buildings perpendicular to each other. The house has a lot of bush and vines growing around the verandah and windows, and shows part of a pine forest behind it. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - C M Alington [artist's signature]; Verso - centre - 'Talbot Trees', Rakaia, home of C S Alington and family from about 1875? to about 1895 when they moved to Seafield. Water colour by C Mabel Alington about 1961 from a sketch drawn by her brother Sydney [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 118 x 177 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2000 Alington family papers.

Date: 1893

From: Alington family :[Assorted watercolours, lithographs, sketches and curios, either by or belonging to family members. ca 1833-1961]

Reference: E-932-002

Description: Shows a view of Talbot Trees, which was bought by the Alington brothers in 1872, and which became the family home of Charles Sydney Alington in 1878. The house and the cottage next to it are surrounded by quite dense bush and trees, and a pine forest can be seen in the background. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, ca 180 x 127 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2000 Alington family papers.